Sports

Cañon City hosts Pueblo Central in South-Central League opener Tuesday

By Brandon Hopper

hopperb@canoncitydailyrecord.com

Posted:
01/13/2014 05:54:06 PM MST

Erika O'Rourke and the Cañon City Tigers' basketball team will open the South-Central League today. (Brandon Hopper / Daily Record)

Amy Solis talks about pictures of the season. There are big ones, small ones and probably medium-sized ones, too.

A big picture would be making the playoffs and having success once the Cañon City Tigers get there. Small pictures are the individual games, and the focus for the team has been to take one painting at a time.

Today, though, begins the time to work on the medium one. The South-Central League tips off with the Tigers (5-4) play Pueblo Central (0-11) at 7 p.m. today at the Tiger Dome.

If any team in the state knows, it's the Tigers: A chance at the playoffs doesn't develop if you don't perform well enough in league.

"I feel like (the league is) going to be really good again this year and I'm excited to see who's improved," junior Emily Lambrecht said.

The Tigers certainly hope they're among the ones to improve. They finished 4-6 in league last year and, despite being a team that no one in Colorado's Class 4A wanted to play, they missed the playoffs.

In her four games back from an injury, Lindsey Schwab leads the team averaging 15.8 points per game. Nicole Archambeau is second with 14.1 points per game.

This season means a little something extra to a bunch of CCHS teams. Next year, the school will likely move to the Colorado Springs Metro League.

"We're excited for S-CL to start," Tigers coach Dan Heath said. "... Playing these teams like this, who knows when that's going to happen again. We want to leave making a statement so I'm excited about the prospects of that."